ds doesn't seem interested in"playing"

Just curious if other los act the same. Ds rarely plays with toys, of he does it is a very short amount of time. He would much rather be outside just walking around or running in the house pushing a ride on train. Often he sits on the steps chatting away or looking out the window. I just wish he would actually play with toys and seem interested...

My son will play with toys, but I have a sister who is 17 years younger than me, and she never used to play with toys when she was this young. I was surprised when my LO (little one) started playing with things because I was expecting him to be similar to my sister. I was kind of under the impression that babies didn't really play with them because of my experience with her.

Although mine does play with toys, he seems to enjoy things like cardboard boxes, junk mail, and such more than his actual toys. And he would take running around outside over any of them.

I think it's normal for kids to be interested in other things than toys. My lo likes running & walking, she likes pushing things and gets entertain with anything else that's not toys. From time to time she does go through her toy box but loses interest very fast. One thing that she does love is her stuff animals. She tries to grab them all at the same time and than throws herself in the ground with them but that's mostly it.

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